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I've always liked this idea! I think it should be device-level too, and not have a separate ephemeral identity. In other words if you get a new phone you have t
by kyleyeats 4y ago
I've always liked this idea! I think it should be device-level too, and not have a separate ephemeral identity. In other words if you get a new phone you have to start over.
- shanebellone 4y agoThis is an interesting concept. The biggest disadvantage would be losing a digital archive every two years (or as necessary).
- kyleyeats 4y agoIts sister idea is holding on to phones for longer. The big drawback would be losing the phone, I think.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoSo does the person who finds the phone inherits the identity? Can we have influencers selling off their circles? When I get robbed is my mugger now friends with my grandma?
- kyleyeats 4y agoIsn't he already, right now?
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoWell, right now they would need to unlock it and I can sign out of the app somewhere else.
- kyleyeats 4y agoThe phone would have the same physical security features. But 'signing out' would be more of an ostracism thing.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoAh, ok, so it's just a pain to get back into the social network. Isn't this just adding friction for friction's sake?
- kyleyeats 4y agoNo, it's adding friction for honesty's sake. You don't have six thousand friends. You have five friends, tops, and like two hundred acquaintances tops[0]. There's nothing to "get back into"-- it was all just a lie to flatter you. The network effect stops working for you in the low three digits. You're just part of a people directory owned by some corporation. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoFor Facebook I keep my friends list light - less than 50 people, but there are people who I live a far ways away from - my parents for instance are 5 hours away. I don't want to have to drive to them just to prove they should be part of my social network.
- kyleyeats 4y agoI mean, if you want, you could choose to not use this nonexistent product. You don't have to hypothetically use it.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoTrue, and I probably wouldn't. Just throwing out what I see is a potential issue.